Episode 307

This week’s headlines: YouTube Implements Tighter Requirements for Ads Program and Facebook Makes Plans to Simplify Messenger.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Hire Signals Additional Focus on AR, Roku Launches Ad Insights Platform, Instagram Testing New Features and Snapchat Makes Moves to Court Publishers in Wake of Facebook Updates.

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Episode 266

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Gears Up for IPO, Snapchat Lets Advertisers Buy Ads Based on Nielsen Digital Rankings, Facebook Updating Trending Topics, Facebook Testing Prominent Ads on Messenger, Explore Tab Makes Debut on Twitter and Facebook Updates News Feed Algorithm to Emphasize Long Videos.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Voice Gets First Update in Five Years, Twitter Launches Vine Archive, Tumblr Adds Stickers and Filters, Instagram Live Stories Rolling Out Globally, Facebook Tests Its Version of Stories, Google Purges Fake News Publishers from Advertising Platform, Facebook Updates Privacy Basics Page, Facebook Supports Physical USB Keys for Authentication and Twitter Joins Instagram.

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Episode 261

This week’s headlines: Facebook Reports More Measurement Discrepancies, Instagram Live Becomes Available to All Users, Snapchat Adds Four New Features, Twitter Adds Periscope Streaming to Core App, Facebook Launching Massive Update to Messenger’s Camera and Facebook Launches Effort to Fight Fake News.

The week’s news quick hits: A Slimmed Down Moments App Comes to Desktop, Facebook Launches Live 360 Videos, Snapchat Inks Slew of New Discover Deals, Flipboard Launches Promoted Roundup Editorial Ad Unit, Facebook Events App Available for Android, Instagram Launches Post Saving Feature, Instagram Reaches 600 Million Users, Facebook Testing Suggestions for M Virtual Assistant, Facebook Notifying Pages to Remove Snapcodes as Page Profile Pictures, Twitch Launches IRL Content Category, Yahoo Hit by Second Security Breach Affecting 1 Billion Users and Amazon Unbundles Prime Video.

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Episode 254

This week’s headlines: Facebook Messenger Testing Conversation Prompts, Snapchat Wants to Stop Revenue Split with Publishers and Facebook Adds More Commerce to Pages.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Lets Users Set Initial View on 360 Photos, Messenger Day Continues Testing in Australia, Lobbies for Facebook Live Being Unrolled and Instagram Stories Now on Explore.

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Episode 196

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog)

This week’s headlines: Foursquare Brings Back Stickers, Google+ Launches Collections Feature, Google Updates AdWords for the Mobile and Meerkat Introduces Developer API.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook to Soon Start Hosting Publisher Content, Snapchat Discover Allows Users to Share Stories, Anthony Noto Takes Over as Twitter CMO, Facebook and IBM Team Up and Facebook Updates Native Ad Templates.

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Episode 102

This week’s headlines: Twitter Acquires BlueFin Labs, Facebook Launching Location-Sharing App, Facebook to Make Ads More Transparent for Users, Instagram Brings Content to the Web and LinkedIn Launching Sponsored Posts.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Pinterest Updates iOS App, Super Bowl Breaks Social Interactions Record, Zynga’s Future Still Holds [Some] Promise, Pinterest Eyes $2.5 Billion Valuation, Tumblr Rolls Out Real-Time Notifications, Twitter Streamlines Discover Tab on Mobile App, Google+ Updates Hangouts for Low-Bandwidth Users, Twitter Search Reveals Older Tweets and Facebook Deletes Facial Recognition Data in Europe.